The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-22


County Gen. McLaws Lectures at
Sylvania on the Battle of Fredericks-
burg-An Old Indian Tradition in Cal
noun.
The blackberry crop near Lexington will
be immense.
Brunswickers are luxuriating on great big
lucious strawberries
The ox-eyed daisy has appeared in Athens
on some of her streets.
Madison is making efforts to raise funds
for Confederate monument.
There will be big reunion of Confed-
crate veterans at Monroe in July.
The latest venture is the Gainesville DdiEu
Graphic by Hood, Russell & Sherman.
Wheat, oats and other field crops are
looking well near Lexington, though rain is
greatly needed.
Taylor county reports a cat that caught
thirty eight rats in an hour. And it wasn't
uuch of day for rats either.
A colored woman of Clay county sends
her ''old man" to town with chickens and
eggs while she plows in the field.
The Lumpkin Independent says the grand
Jury of that county unanimously indorsed
;he good effects of the prohibition law
A young negro was lynched in Merri-
wether county Tuesday for attempting to
outrage young white girl near Greenviile,
Rev. Mr.. Annisted delivered a series of
sermons in Sylvania this week. He lee
tured Saturday night on the negro aues-
ton.
Madison, in Morgan county, wants a svs-
tern of public schools established, and the
enterprise will doubtless be successfully es-
tablished
A new post office named Pasco has lately
been established two miles from Taylorsville.
on the East and West railroad, with w, f.
Castor postmaster.
1t is said that Adairsville is built on bed
of black marble. There is this much GER
tain the old time lime stone will receive and
retain high polish
Sam Jones evidently has a poor opinion
OF Rome; he thus pithily expresses his
town to make another hell
Col. Jack Smith, of Atlanta. was in Cal
houn few days this week, and speaks of
building brick warehouse on his vacant
lots, opposite the livery stable.
The oat crop which promised so well few
weeks ago in the vicinity of Gainesville
now threatens to be a dead failure on ac-
count of the continued drought
The Banner Wdtcbnlan claims that the
Athens ''maidens fair" are 1900 times
sweeter than sugar. Has the editor of the
tRdnleS- Waterman" a ''sweet toothp'
W, The Brunswick Knights of Pythias. ON
arsir return home from the Grand Isodoe
wa Savannah, spoke in high terms e ~
an lerous hospitality that met them q @Setty
ties T. sk.sz ls1@ 81 s.sts
mildperior Court has been IN nenrion 9k Sy1-
the fot the past weal<, u130uarlSI 3rjdssv
were {, Judge Hipe1 u2e6ifIad ~ tisfac-
did, teal. No vefy Important cases were
each &. sf4SsYsiss 4 sssls.ss
should - hos1lof DelsthsFpe have any inten-
omma 1qf11inE = niIItary organization they
ship M4te Be stirring. There is only room
Udd Pc 4ge commands under the present
Ee ATLANTA Council proposes to prohibit
N N 'ette smoking by minors. This is good
~ r. as 1t goes, but why confine the ordi-
'le to minorsi The habit is certainly as
ID injurious in older people.
c1Sale of improved lots at Athens, near
fair faf theastern depot, Thursday was very
which rul Over eleven lots were sold and
snrancf called, being over 800 more than
. accent Ter offered to take for the entire piece
/ limitat the sale.
the baper's Weekly telegraphed to Athens
deciph.ay for a photograph of Miss Mary
use n, to reproduce in that paper The
THE possession of Miss Jennie Smith. and
Natietaken from memory.
OF tom Smith, clever citizen of North Cor
AZ, has developed cute idea in placing an
culinary candy Jar, mouth downward, on
Up of his bee gums, which the bees enter
and fill through hole in the top Of tie
gum. When it is full of honey it can be re-
moved and another empty one to follow
suit.
Yancy Carter passed through Toccoa last
week with one Tyner in custody, whom he
had arrested in South Carolina tor viola
ton OF the revenue law. For more than
two years Tyner has been selling whisky
publicly, and it is very surprising that he
was not arrested sooner.
A moonshine whisky wagon and outfit
was captured near Gainesville last week
and six five-gallon casks and one large jug,
all filed, were confs ated. Three prisoners
were captured, one OF them deputy sheriff
of Pickens county. They were committed
to Jail in default Of $500 bond
United States Commissioner Symons has
been holding court this week in Brunswick.
Pompey Seven (colored) was before him for
selling liquor without Uncle Sans permis-
sion, and now languishes in Jail Otto
johnson was up for smuggling vermouth, a
sort of fiery cordial, and he gave bail for
his future appearance.
Since prohibition has gone into effect in
Athens, Sheriff Weir is finding it hard to
get living. With no jail birds to feed.
and no criminal business to look after, un-
less his friends are generous, the Sheriff will
have hard time the coming summer Bad
for the Sheriff, but indicative of the towns
prosperity.
The military spirit in Augusta is on a
boom, with solid foundation. At each
meeting of the infantry and cavalry com
panies numerous applications are made for
membership. The Richmond Hussars are
determined to carry out their part of the
revival and win during the summer practice
once a week fitting. Friday has been Sc
lected as the day for PRACTICE.
The stock of goods belonging to j. A. Horne.
who failed at Griffin some time ago. was
sold Thursday by Sheriff r. S. Council to
b. I. Coleman, Burden a. Solomon, of Ma
con, for S3l5. The stock, according to the
Sheriff's inventory, was worth $1,S36, but
as there were no bidders against him, Mr..
Solomon, representing the firm, purchased
the stock at very low figure. 1t has not
been decided whether or not the stock will
be moved 10 Macon or disposed of at Griffin
by an agent Of the firm,
One John Hendrick, of Warsaw, Milton
county, a confirmed rheumatic, miraculously
recovered the use Of his limbs the other day
lie had for ten long years been in the habit